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11:20 PM ET, December 4, 2017

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New York Times:
McFarland Contradicted Herself on Russia Contacts, Congressional Testimony Shows  —  WASHINGTON — An email sent during the transition by President Trump's former deputy national security adviser, K.T. McFarland, appears to contradict testimony she gave to Congress over the summer …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence pleads ignorance as Russia probe deepens  —  The vice president has been absent for key moments involving senior administration figures, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn.  —  As the White House contends with questions about who knew about former national security …
Discussion: ABC News, The Hill, The Week and Hullabaloo
Dave Lawler / Axios:
McFarland testified she wasn't aware of Flynn contacts she emailed about
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN
CNN:
FBI agent dismissed from Mueller probe changed Comey's description of Clinton to ‘extremely careless’  —  Washington (CNN)A former top counterintelligence expert at the FBI, now at the center of a political uproar for exchanging private messages that appeared to mock President Donald Trump …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
WH lawyer told Trump that Flynn misled FBI and Pence  —  Trump's lawyer says he wrote Flynn tweet  —  Washington (CNN)The White House's chief lawyer told President Donald Trump in January he believed then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled the FBI and lied to Vice President Mike Pence …
Associated Press:
Trump's tweet raises obstruction specter, worries allies  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The shifting explanations for why President Donald Trump fired national security adviser Michael Flynn have revived questions about whether the president may have obstructed an ongoing investigation of potential contacts between his campaign and Russia.
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Woman shares new evidence of relationship with Roy Moore when she was 17  —  Delray Beach, Fla. — Debbie Wesson Gibson was in her attic hauling out boxes of Christmas decorations last week when she noticed a storage bin she said she had forgotten about.  Inside was a scrapbook from her senior year …
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — RNC Jumps Back into Alabama Race Behind Judge Roy Moore  —  MOBILE, Alabama — The Republican National Committee (RNC) is now again backing Judge Roy Moore, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in Alabama.  The RNC's decision to now publicly support Moore again comes in the wake …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
'We've already lost' — GOP takes stock of the nightmare unfolding in Alabama  —  WASHINGTON  —  The Alabama Senate race is days away, but already, top Republicans are admitting defeat.  —  Whether their candidate, Roy Moore, overcomes multiple on-the-record accusations of child molestation …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Business Insider
New York Times:
Roy Moore Gets Trump Endorsement and R.N.C. Funding for Senate Race
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Manafort worked on op-ed with Russian while out on bail, prosecutors say  —  Washington (CNN)Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was ghostwriting an op-ed while out on bail last month with a Russian who has ties to the Russian intelligence service, Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Muller's team said Monday.
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Washington Post:
Prosecutors say longtime Manafort colleague has ‘ties’ to Russian intelligence
Discussion: New York Times
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Manafort tried to pen positive op-ed on Ukraine work: special counsel
Discussion: Axios, Political Wire and IJR
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
MSNBC to Cut Ties With Sam Seder After Roman Polanski Rape Joke (Exclusive)  —  “Internally there was disgust over the tweet,” an individual familiar with the matter tells TheWrap  —  MSNBC has decided not to renew its contract with contributor Sam Seder after an old tweet emerged …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Sessions argued in Clinton impeachment that presidents can obstruct justice  —  Donald Trump's personal lawyer argued Monday that, as the nominal head of federal law enforcement, the president is legally unable to obstruct justice.  But the exact opposite view was once argued by another senior Trump lawyer …
Discussion: Axios, MSNBC, Hullabaloo, RedState, IJR and Vox
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump lawyer claims the “President cannot obstruct justice”
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Republicans Sought to Undercut an Unfavorable Analysis of the Tax Plan  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican requirement that Congress consider the full cost of major legislation threatened to derail the party's $1.5 trillion tax rewrite last week.  So lawmakers went on the offensive to discredit the agency performing the analysis.
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Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:   Is the GOP tax plan an unprecedented windfall for the wealthy?  We look at 50 years of data to find out.
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Bill O'Reilly Is Sued by Woman Who Settled Over Harassment Accusations  —  A woman who reached a settlement with Bill O'Reilly over harassment allegations sued Mr. O'Reilly and Fox News on Monday for defamation and breach of contract, saying that public statements he and the network made violated …
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Tucker Carlson explains why he has avoided covering sexual-harassment stories about Fox News
Discussion: Mediaite
CNBC:
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban  — The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump's latest travel ban on six Muslim-majority nations to go into effect.  —  The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Senate GOP Accidentally Killed Some of Its Donors' Favorite Tax Breaks  —  On Friday, Senate Republicans rewrote the American tax code over lunch — and passed their (partially handwritten) legislation around 2 a.m. the following morning. … Mitch McConnell never subjected his blueprint …
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
House Republicans Already Shooting Down Tax Bill's Promises … House conservatives are already indicating that they're prepared to block some of the key legislative promises that Senate Republicans demanded in exchange for their vote on tax reform legislation.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Hard-right caucus nearly scuttles tax work
Discussion: Politico
The Intercept:
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE WEIGHING PLANS FOR PRIVATE SPIES TO COUNTER “DEEP STATE” ENEMIES  —  The Trump administration is considering a set of proposals developed by Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a retired CIA officer — with assistance from Oliver North, a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Exclusive: Feds issue 4,000 orders to seize guns from people who failed background checks  —  A USA TODAY review finds thousands of guns were sold to people who should have failed their background checks.  Now, federal agents have the dangerous jobs of trying to get those guns back.  —  CONNECT
Discussion: RedState, IJR and Axios
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Department warns of violence ahead of Trump Jerusalem decision  —  The State Department has warned American embassies worldwide to heighten security ahead of a possible announcement Wednesday by President Donald Trump that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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Yara Bayoumy / Reuters:
‘Kiss of death’ to two-state solution if Jerusalem declared Israel capital: PLO envoy
Discussion: The Hill
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Director Defends F.B.I. After Trump Says Bureau Is in ‘Tatters’  —  WASHINGTON — Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, defended his work force in an email on Monday after President Trump said on Twitter that the agency's standing was the “worst in History” and its reputation was in “Tatters.”
CNNMoney:
ABC News president excoriates staff over Brian Ross' Michael Flynn error  —  ABC suspends reporter over faulty Trump report  —  ABC News president James Goldston excoriated staff Monday over Brian Ross' major error on a report about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn …
Sarah Nassauer / Dow Jones Newswires:
While other retailers focus on cities, the thriving discount chain is building thousands of stores aimed at lower-income shoppers in small towns  —  EVENSVILLE, Tenn.—The local Dollar General store, built on a rural highway and surrounded by farmland, sells no fresh meat, greens or fruit.
Discussion: Vox
Zaid Jilani / The Intercept:
Georgia's Biggest Democratic Bastion May Hand Democratic Candidate for Mayor a Big Defeat  —  Tensions between the business-friendly wing of the Democratic Party and the progressive faction have endangered the Democratic candidate for mayor of Atlanta in what ought to be a cakewalk of an election.
TIME:
TIME Announces 2017 Person of the Year Shortlist on Today Show  —  The shortlist of candidates for TIME's 2017 Person of the Year was unveiled Monday morning on NBC's Today.  Since 1927, TIME has identified the Person of the Year, recognizing the person or group of people who most influenced …
Abid Rahman / Hollywood Reporter:
John Oliver Gets Into Heated Argument With Dustin Hoffman Over Harassment at Film Panel (Report)  —  At a ‘Wag the Dog’ 20th anniversary screening, the ‘Last Week Tonight’ host questioned Hoffman over recent sexual harassment allegations against him.  —  John Oliver got into a testy argument …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Trump pick for top UN position praised Milo Yiannopoulos, shared inflammatory memes on Facebook  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's pick for a top post at the United Nations repeatedly praised far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and shared disparaging memes …
 
 
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NBC News:
Microwave weapon could fry North Korean missile controls, say experts
Discussion: Axios
Robin Pogrebin / New York Times:
New York City Ballet Investigates Sexual Harassment Claim Against Peter Martins
Discussion: CBS New York
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Snapshot: Trump Approval Ties Weekly Low, at 35%
Adam Clymer / New York Times:
John Anderson, Who Ran Against Reagan and Carter in 1980, Is Dead at 95
Discussion: New York Magazine and Joe.My.God.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
PBS announces ‘Amanpour’ as interim replacement for Charlie Rose
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Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
California Assemblyman accused of forcing lobbyist into bathroom and masturbating
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Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
Trump may face a reckoning in case brought by female accuser
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Despite pledge, Trump company works with a foreign entity. Again.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
A judge orders an evidentiary hearing for next week to determine whether the Infowars auction was conducted fairly

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An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
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